Hand-Drawn Maps of London: Brixton as a Tree

This arboreal representation of Brixton comes from reader Liam Roberts, who does a great job of describing his creation:

[Here is] Brixton, rendered as a tree, featuring a few of the great treasures of the neighbourhood - i.e. pubs and cafes that I make a habit of frequenting! You'll notice that north is "down" and south is "up" - partly because Brixton's roads better resemble a branching, forking tree this way, and I guess there's also an antipodean streak in me (strange as a Canadian) that would like to see the south treated as "top" wherever possible. The tree is drawing water from London's great giver of life, the Thames, depicted here as part of the underground watertable. Some of my favourite unique and characterful pubs and cafes are represented here either as hanging fruit, or as nests: I thought this made sense as these places can be sources of sweet sustenance, as well as temporary dwellings.

Beautiful, we hope you'll agree.

More maps needed!

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Hello @Liam Patrik , We were at the Museum of London yesterday and absolutely loved your map of Brixton as a tree!! We've had some great nights out in the pubs you've drawn over the last four years we've lived here, and I've just bought a copy from your Folksy page as a unique reminder. Thanks so much, Rachel